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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 338

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Israel and Turkey sign an outline civilian aviation agreement on July 7, 2022. (Boaz Oppenheim, GPO)
July 7, 2022, 4:53 pm
Israel, Turkey sign updated aviation agreement as bilateral ties continue to improve
Accord now needs domestic approvals, which could be held up because of Israeli coalition’s collapse; Israeli carriers still locked out of lucrative market over security spat
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during his meeting with the prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrej Babis, in Jerusalem, on March 11, 2021. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)
March 14, 2021, 7:52 pm
PM sought to bar Jordan from using Israeli airspace as payback for plane delay
Recognizing massive diplomatic repercussions of move, aviation officials managed to stall until Netanyahu changed his mind, reports say
By ToI Staff
A Boeing 787 flight number AI139 of Indian national carrier Air India, from New Delhi, performs maneuvers on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, on March 22, 2018 after using Saudi airspace for the first time. (AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ)
July 22, 2018, 7:04 pm
High Court said to advise El Al to drop suit over Saudi route to India
Israeli carrier claims Air India given unfair competitive advantage by being allowed to use Saudi airspace when El Al can’t
By ToI Staff
Border Police confiscate a helicopter near the Qalandiya crossing that was stolen by an Israeli settler on March 27, 2018. (Border Police)
March 30, 2018, 8:40 am
Police seize settler’s planes after he lands chopper near checkpoint
Authorities discover makeshift runway outside home of Itamar resident, who is not licensed to fly
By Jacob Magid
El Al aircraft Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrives for a welcome ceremony after landing at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv on August 23, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 28, 2018, 11:31 am
El Al sues Israeli government over new Air India route
Allowing foreign carrier to cross Saudi Arabia en route to Israel while Israeli carrier cannot violates equality and numerous state decisions, airline argues in High Court petition
By Raphael Ahren
A Boeing 787 flight number AI139 of Indian national carrier Air India, from New Delhi, performs maneuvers on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, on March 22, 2018 after using Saudi airspace for the first time. (AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ)
March 26, 2018, 12:36 pm
As Israel fetes Air India flight over Saudi airspace, El Al cries foul
Top airline official fumes over ‘discrimination,’ says government granting foreign competitors an unfair advantage may spell economic hardship for Israel’s national carrier
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative. A Mavic drone, manufactured by the Chinese company DJI. (ThoroughlyReviewed/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)
November 15, 2017, 4:38 pm
State watchdog: Army has no comprehensive solution to drone threat
Damning report finds government failing to address growing risk posed to national security by unmanned aerial vehicles
By Judah Ari Gross
Samsung Galaxy S7 mobile devices on display at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, August 2, 2016. (AFP Photo/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
October 16, 2016, 2:50 pm
Following US recommendation, Israel bans Galaxy Note 7 on flights
Civil Aviation Authority blocks passengers from boarding planes with phones that have caught fire numerous times
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An Israeli civilian helicopter that entered Lebanese air space on June 2, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 2)
June 2, 2016, 8:14 pm
Israeli civilian pilot in hot water for helicopter trip over southern Lebanon
Civil Aviation Authority probing whether flight path, which included Hezbollah villages, was by mistake or design
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative image of the pink and purple stripes of a Wizz Air plane. (Wizz Air)
November 3, 2015, 6:42 pm
Plane aborts TA takeoff after vehicles dart onto runway
Air traffic controllers order Budapest-bound Wizz Air jet to make an emergency stop to avoid hitting the two cars
By ToI Staff
Israeli model Bar Refaeli in Jerusalem, June 18, 2015 (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
September 24, 2015, 11:11 pm
Refaeli weds amid no-fly zone spat
Israeli supermodel ties the knot with importing magnate in no-cell phone wedding
By ToI Staff
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, in Cannes in 2011. (Shutterstock)
September 18, 2015, 8:32 pm
Bar Refaeli gets no-fly zone wedding
Supermodel and her groom Adi Ezra have hired their own aircraft to record big day; Israel civil air chiefs agree to clear the skies for them
By ToI Staff
An Israeli soldier looks at the damage to a house following a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on the town of Yehud, near Ben Gurion Airport, on July 22, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 10, 2014, 2:18 pm
The rocket that spelled the end of the two-state solution?
A single missile that landed near Tel Aviv last month led three-quarters of foreign airlines to briefly abandon Ben Gurion Airport. Does that mean Israel can never leave the West Bank?
By Raphael Ahren
El Al jets parked on the tarmac of Ben Gurion International Airport. (Flash90)
March 6, 2014, 10:13 pm
Months after deal, Israeli airlines still not flying to Turkey
Nothing has changed on the ground, fumes El Al’s Eliezer Shkedy; Transportation Ministry blames security requirements, says flights will resume this summer
By Raphael Ahren
El Al jets parked on the tarmac of Ben Gurion International Airport. (Flash90)
June 10, 2013, 7:24 pm
Israel signs Open Skies deal with EU
Within five years, flights to and from Europe will be completely unrestricted, thus lowering fares and increasing tourism
By Asher Zeiger
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